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Quranic Wisdom

kind is inexcusable. Justice is the key to Paradise as well as to all
kinds of success.

Sensitivity as an Inner Check

ll men and women have a unique kind of faculty, that is,
Aconscience, which is the centre of moral sensitivity. This
faculty is a natural gift to all. The Quran refers to this faculty in
the chapter Al-A‘raf (The Heights):

If an evil impulse from Satan provokes you, seek
refuge with God; He is all-hearing, and all-knowing.
When any evil suggestion from Satan touches those
who fear God, they are instantly alerted and become
watchful; but the followers of devils are led relentlessly
into error by them. They never desist. (7:200-202)
These Quranic verses give clear guidance on how to maintain
our spiritual purity. Each time a person comes under the
influence of an evil temptation, his conscience, or his moral
sensitivity, becomes alive. It warns him almost instantly, emerging
like a moral teacher. It persuades man not to succumb to wrong
temptations and not to deviate from the right path.
Anyone who listens to his inner voice is surely saved from
becoming a victim of evil forces. But one who fails to pay heed
to it will lose the opportunity to act righteously. And that will be
his last chance.
Nature has endowed us with two very important faculties:
reason and conscience. Reason works in logical terms, while
conscience works in terms of sensitivity. Experience shows that
reason sometimes guides us rightly but, quite often, its analysis
is wrong, being based on faulty logic. Conscience, on the other

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